By ALICE NACHILEMBE Government says it is ready to work with communities and civil servants who have chosen to re-align themselves with the new dawns administration agenda. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Petauke and Sinda Acting District Commissioners, Minister of Water Development and Sanitation Mike Mposha said Civil servants must change their […]
Dear Editor, I thought you should bring it before the authority that Chawama Clinic has no drugs, not even paradol. For your own information, Chawama is one of the clinics with largest catchment area in Chingola. I appeal to Chingola Member of Parliament Chipoka Mulenga and Health Minister Sylvia Masebo to quickly attend to this […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Immigration Officers at Chirundu Border Control have apprehended 36 suspected illegal immigrants. This was during spontaneous road checks carried out in the late hours of Monday, October 11, 2021 at Kabanana Checkpoint in Chirundu. Immigrations Department Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka said that those apprehended were 23 Congolese and thirteen 13 Zimbabweans. […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Chingola District Health Board has flagged off the Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) program for 2020/2021. Speaking today during the event, Chingola Acting District Commissioner Maximillian Makasa appealed to residents in the district to allow the health workers spray their homes with resilience. Mr Makasa said that IRS is safe and helps in […]
The Minister of Commerce and Trade Chipoka Mulenga, says the new dawn Government’s commitment to working with cement manufacturing industries such as Lafarge Zambia, to ensure continued growth and support of the industry. Speaking at a meeting held with the Lafarge Zambia Executive Committee at the Lafarge Head Office in Chilanga, Mr Mulenga said […]
By IREEN MULENGA The Opposition Zambia Republican Party (ZRP) President Wright Musoma has bemoaned the continued attacks been exhibited by suspected UPND cadres on innocent Zambians. Mr Musoma said the Police service have been watching Zambians been attacked on their watch. “As ZRP we are seriously concerned about the continuous attack on the people by […]
By IREEN MULENGA Changing the Mindset Organization Executive Director Comfort Mwansa says drug abuse among the youths in the country has contributed to the rise in HIV and AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections to high levels. Mr Mwansa said drug abuse has been the reason to why many youths are indulging themselves into unsafe […]
Government has observed that the inability to connect critical skills required to produce output has made the country’s results from mechanization and value addition to be slow and not impressive. And Government has said Zambia’s addition of skills to the labour market currently stands at a meagre 6 percent. Technology and Science Minister Hon Felix […]
Minister of Labour and Social Security Brenda Tambatamba has acknowledged that the concerns raised by Zambia Federation of Employers to scale-up productivity in the country are justified and the Ministry under her watch will try to resolve them in the quickest manner possible. Ms Tambatamba said that the low levels of productivity are not only […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE President Hakainde Hichilema has dismissed the appointment of secretary to the cabinet Dr Simon Miti. The President has since appointed the Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet for Administration Mr Patrick Kangwa to act as secretary to the Cabinet for administrative convenience. This is contained in a press statement issued to the media […]
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